String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart)
# String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart)

The String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1790. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas and cello).

## Movements

The work is in standard four movement form:

* Larghetto $^3$ $_4$ – Allegro – Larghetto $^3$ $_4$ – Primo Tempo in D major
* Adagio $^3$ $_4$ in G major
* Menuetto: Allegretto $^3$ $_4$ in D major, with trio in D major
* Allegro $^6$ $_8$ in D major

According to the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, the finale was printed, and known for some time, in an inauthentic edition, in which its main theme, originally a descending chromatic scale fragment, was replaced in most of its appearances in the movement by a more complicated zigzag ("Zickzackform") themelet.

